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οὗτος δὴ ὦν ὁ Κανδαύλης ἠράσθη τῆς ἑωυτοῦ γυναικός, ἐρασθεὶς δὲ ἐνόμιζέ οἱ εἶναι γυναῖκα πολλὸν πασέων καλλίστην.
So this Candaules loved his wife, and as he loved her he thought his wife was by far the most beautiful woman of all.
Herodotus Histories 1.8

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